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A03886	The ancient, honorable, famous, and delighfull historie of Huon of Bourdeaux, one of the peeres of Fraunce, and Duke of Guyenne Enterlaced with the loue of many ladies, as also the fortunes and aduentures of knights errant, their amorous seruants.; Huon de Bordeaux. English.	Berners, John Bourchier, Lord, 1466 or 7-1533.	1601 (1601)	STC 13999; ESTC S104310	503,912	674

to returne into the Desert whereas I shall die with famine and neuer more sée wife nor child but séeing it is thus I shall aduenture my selfe with him and if I may escape from this aduenture I shall goe to the holy Sepulchre whereas our Lorde Iesus Christ was quicke and dead and then I shall make warre vpon the Sarazins Then Duke Huon tooke vppon him heart and courage and with the Mall vppon his necke hee marched foorth fiercely then hee called the enemy and said Oh thou that kéepest this Vessell and passage passe me incontinent ouer this Sea and set me a land vpon the other side When the Diuell sawe Huon with the Mall vppon his necke and speaking so fiercely hee said What art thou whether wilt thou goe or what doest thou seeke for héere or how art thou so bold to come hether thou shalt neuer goe further but I shall cast thee into the Sea or strangle thée and then beare thy Soule into Hell When Huon heard him he beganne to tremble but he was nothing abashed for if he hadde fainted or taried to haue made answeare hee had incontinent béene destroyed and slaine but like a hardy Knight full of great Prowesse and firme in the faith of Iesus Christ sayde Hold thy peace thou Foole for I am Cain for whome thou hast taried héere so long I came euen now out of the rowling Tunne vpon the Mountaine hast thée and passe mée ouer this arme of the Sea for I shall find neither man nor woman that beléeueth in Iesus Christ but I shall slay him to the entent that hell may be filled with their soules When the Féend heard Huon say so he had great ioy and said Cain why hast thou made me tarie héere so long as I haue don I am ioyfull of thy comming for I could neuer haue departed out of this place without thou haddest béen deliuered out of the Tunne therefore Cain come on thy way enter into this Ship presently and I shall bring thée whereas thou wilt be gladly I will passe thée ouer the Sea to the entent that thou shouldest slay Christian men and Sarazins to haue their Soules into hell Then Huon entred into the Ship recommending himselfe to our Lord Iesus Christ and sayde Quickly passe me ouer Before Huon thought that he had gone but two Leagues he was ouer on the other side whereof Huon had great maruaile that hee was so soone ouer and thanked our Lord God that hee was out of that daunger then hee tooke leaue of the enemie and sayde Farewell I will returne againe shortly within these thrée dayes thou shalt heare tidinges of mee and then the Féend answeared shortly and sayd Cain goe thy way quickly and hast thée to the entent that when thou returnest into hell thou shalt haue good chéere of our Maisters who greatly desire thy comming Then Huon departed quickly he thought euer that the Diuell had followed him and hee went so longe that hee approached to a Citie called Colanders glad was Huon when hee had lost the sight of the euill Spirit and in the Euening he entred into the Citie of Colanders with the Mall vppon his necke the Paynims and Sarazins that were within the Citie had great maruaile when he came alone afoote cleane armed into the Citie and among other there was one demaunded of him what hee was and why hee went so alone armed Then Huon answered him fiercely to abash him therewith and said I am Cain who by mine ilnesse slew Abell my Brother wherewith God was angrie with mée but before it bee longe time I shall take such vengeance that as many men or women or children as I find beléeuing in the Lawe of Iesus Christ I shall destroy them all in such wise that the Paynims and Sarazins shall haue no doubt for any euill that they shall doe vnto them for I shall destroy and slay them all neither sparing old nor young When the Paynims heard that they were right ioyfull and that night serued Huon well and made him a great feast because they trusted that hee should destroy all Christendome and saide among themselues that as then hee was welcome thether because the Citie the day before was besieged by the Admirall of Persia Thus Huon had great ioy and feasting made vnto him and after Supper he was brought into a faire and rich Chamber wherein hee lay and slept soundly vntill the next morning Chap. CXXII ¶ How Huon of Bourdeaux had great ioy when he sawe the Admirall of Persia before Colanders where he fought with the Sarazins AFTER that the Admirall of Persia had left Huon in the Desert of Abillaunt and how he had a great storme vppon the sea and at last their Shippes assembled together and arriued at the Port before the Citie of Colanders in the which Citie Huon was now in who was right ioyfull when he knew that the Admirall was come thether to lay siege to the Citie and the Admirall and his companie was sorrowfull because they had lost Huon and especially Barnard his coozen for he thought neuer to haue seene him againe but hee had shortly tidinges of him as yée shall heare after When the Admirall was arriued at the Port they armed themselues and ordained their men as well as they might to assayle the citie of Colanders They yssued out of their Shippes and came marching towards the City and made a great assault and then the Paynims and Sarazins armed them on all sides and went to their defences then the Captaine of the Towne came vnto Huon and said Come on foorth Cain it is time for you to shew what you can doe for héere without are christian men assayling the Citie I pray you spare them not for wee haue great trust in you Sirs quoth Huon séeing I am in this citie yée néede not to feare any person anon yée shall sée what I can doe Cain quoth the captaine I pray you goe on before and wee shall followe you Well quoth Huon with this Mall I shall astone them all the Paynims had great ioy of his words wéening surely it had been Cain Then Huon armed himselfe and hee had a good horse brought vnto him whereuppon hee mounted then he and the Paynims yssued out of the citie and found as then the Admirall of Persia and all his companie readie arriued in Battaile And when hee sawe that the Sarazins were yssued out hee sette vppon them fiercely and Huon who was ioyfull of the aduenture that was fallen to him hee stept out apart to behold the battaile and wold not meddle because hee had beene so well receiued and feasted in the citie by them of the Towne and hee well perceiued that the assaults were of the Realme of Persia and howe the Admirall and his coozen Barnard were there whereof he had such ioy that hee wept for gladnesse and thanked God of the good fortune that he had sent him and said Ah good Lord thou oughtest greatly to be praysed for thou neuer

the great Cittie of Thauris in Persia chap. 112. How Sir Barnard departed from the Abby of Cluny and went to seeke for Huon his Cozen whome hee found at the Port of the great Cittie of Thauris chap. 113. How Huon of Bourdeaux and Barnard his Cozen acknowledged themselues each to other and shewed the discourse of their aduentures chap. 114. Howe the Admirall of Persia did great honour to Huon of Bourdeaux and led him into his Pallaice whereas hee was receiued with great ioye and triumph chap. 115. How the Admirall by reason of the Apple that Huon gaue him to eat he became of the age of Thirtie yeares whereby he and all the people of Persia and Media were christened and of the great honor that the Admirall made vnto Huon chap. 116. Of the complaints that Huon made to the Admirall of Persia vpon the Emperour of Almaine and of the succours that the Admirall promised to Huon chap. 117. How the Admirall of Persia assembled much people and he and Huon with all their Armie tooke the Sea and came to the Port before the Cittie of Angory whereas they found a great number of Paynims and Sarazins readie to defend the Port. chap. 118. How the Admirall and Huon tooke the Port and fought with the Admirall of Angory and discomfited him and tooke the Cittie and how afterward Duke Huon went into the Deserts of Abillant to search aduentures chap. 119. How Huon went so long in this Desert that hee found Cain and spake with him a long season how he beguiled Cain depar●●d chap. 1●0 How Huon departed from Cain passed the Sea in a Vess●● guided by the Diuell who beleeued it had beene Cain and Huon arriued at a Cittie called Colanders whereas hee found the Admirall of Persia and Barnard his Cozen who had layd siege to the Citie Chap. 121. How Huon of Bourdeaux had great ioy when he saw the Admirall of Persia before Colanders where he fought with the Sarazins chap. 122. How the Citie of Colanders was taken by the Admirall of Persia after he had wonne the Battaile and of the great ioy that was made vnto Huon when hee was knowne by the Admirall of Persia and Barnard his Cozen chap. 123. How the Admirall of Persia and Huon of Bourdeaux and all their hoast passed by Antioch and by Damas and came to the Citie of Ierusalem to the holy Sepulchre and was nobly receiued by the King of Ierusalem and how the Souldans Messenger came and defied the Admirall of Persia chap. 124 Of the answeare that the Admirall of Persia made vnto the Souldans Messenger and of the report that he made to his Maister chap. 125. Howe the Admirall of Persia sent for his men that lay at Napelous and caused them to withdraw towards Rames and howe they departed from Ierusalem and how he went to fight with his enemies chap. 126. Now speake we of the great Battaile that was in the plaines of Rames betweene the Souldan of Babylon and the Admirall of Persia the which was discomfited by the Prowesse of Huon of Bourdeaux Chap. 127. How the Admirall of Persia and Media found Huon whereas he had fought with fortie men Sarazins and how the Souldan fled to Acres and how the Admirall of Persia and Media besieged him there and of the strange Vision that Huon had in the night chap. 128. How Huon counsailed the Admirall of Persia to rayse vp his siege before Acres for diuers reasons and to returne into Persia chap. 129. How the Admirall of Persia a greede to the counsaile of Duke Huon and prais●ed his saying and of the faire offer that the Admirall of Persia 〈◊〉 vnto Duke Huon of Burdeaux chap. 130. How Duke Huon of Bourdeaux tooke his leaue of the Admirall and of all the other Lordes of Per●sa and went and tooke shipping at the Port of Thes●r●e and how he arriued at Marsellis without finding of any strange aduenture Chap. 131. How the good Abbot of Cluny layd an ambushment of men betwene Mascon and Tournous against the Emperour of Almaines Nephewe who was there slaine and all his men whereof the Emperour was so sore vexed and troubled that he tooke the Duchesse Escleremond out of prison to haue burnt her and the three Hundred prisoners of Bourdeaux to haue hanged them all chap. 132. Haw King Oberon sent two of his Knights of the Fayrie that is to saye Mallabron and Gloriant to deliuer the faire Escleremond who should haue beene burnt and the three Hundred Prisoners that shoulde haue beene hanged who were all delyuered by the afore sayde Knights chap. 133. How the Emperour Tirrey made the noble Ladie Escleremond to bee well serued and apparelled and all the other Prisoners but about three weekes after hee made the Ladie and the prisoners to be put againe into prison whereas they were in great miserie chap. 134. How Huon departed from Marsellis and came to his Vncle the Abbot of Cluny in habit disguised and vnto him discouered himselfe wherof the abbot had great ioy and so had Clariet his Daughter Chap. 135. How Duke Huon shewed to his Vncle the Abbot of Cluny all the aduentures that he had since he departed from the Citie of Bourdeaux and how he gaue the Abbot the Apple of youth whereby the abbot became againe to his beautie that hee had when hee was but of Thirtie yeares of age chap. 136. How Huon of Bourdeaux departed from Cluny and went to the Citie of Mayence vppon Friday and how he came nere vnto the Emperours Oratorie chap. 137. How Huon did so much with the Emperour Tirrey that he had peace with him and his wife rendred vnto him and all his Landes and Signiories and how the Emperour brought him vnto the abby of Cluny whereas they found the Abbot in armour not knowing any thing of the peace that was made chap. 138. How the Emperour made good chere vnto Duke Huon of Bourdeaux Chap. 139 How the Emperour arriued at Cluny and how the abbot set vpon him and of the peace that was made and how the Emperour conueyed Huon to Burdeaux and rendred vp all his Lands and of the parting of the Emperour how Huon made prouision to goe to king Oberon chap. 140. How Huon deuised with the Duchesse his Wife of his departing and how shee would goe with him And how hee left his Daughter Land and Signiories in the keeping of his Vncle the Abbot of Cluny and with Barnard his Cozin chap. 141. How Huon tooke leaue of his Daughter and of the good Abbot his Vncle of Barnard his cozin entred into the Riuer of Gerone the Duches with him and of the strange Fortunes that they had chap. 142. How Huon lost all his men and the Ship brake in peeces and how he and the Duchesse saued them selues vpon a board and came and arriued at the Castle of the Monkes chap. 143. How Duke Huon made semblance to haue slaine the Monke holding him fast with the

escape from hence Cain quoth Huon haue no doubt and that I promise thée to kéepe my faith so thou wilt shew mee the manner howe I may depart out of this Desert I shall deliuer thée out of thy torment Then Cain said thou shalt goe by this little path that thou séest héere by vppon thy right hand the which shall bring thée straight to the Sea-side the which is not farre from hence and then goe downe the Mountaine whereas thou shalt find a shippe and therein but one man but before thou doest enter into the shippe blesse thrée times for hée that thou shalt finde there is a Féende of Hell and shewe vnto him howe thou art Cain escaped out of the rowling Tun and bid him to passe thée ouer and say that thou wilt goe and slay all the Christian men that bee in the world and bring their soules into Hell and when hée heareth thée say thus hee wlil passe thée ouer in safetie for it is longe since that hee hath taried for mee because he thinketh that I should escape out of this Tun but thou must take with thée this mall of yron vpon thy necke to the entent that hee shall the better beleeue thee and surely he will then passe thee ouer Cain quoth Huon I pray thee is this of troth that thou hast sayd Fréend quoth Cain I lye neuer a word Now I pray thée seeing I haue shewed thée the manner how thou mayest escape take this Mall of yron and breake asunder this Tunne that I am in that I may be deliuered out of this paine and torment Cain quoth Huon I pray thee to shew mee who is hee that did put thée into this Tun and what is his name Sir quoth Cain know for troth that God of Heauen set me héere because I had displeased him for slaying of my Brother Abell wherefore I haue suffered so much paine and sorow that more I cannot endure and therefore yet againe I pray thee to deliuer mee from hence Cain quoth Huon God forbid that I should deliuer thee séeing our Lord God hath set thee there Know for troth that thou shalt neuer depart from thence except it bee by his commaundement for there thou shalt bee euer for mee I had rather bee periured then to vndoe that thing which God will haue done to punish thee for the euils that thou hast done I knowe well as for the euill that I haue done as in breaking of my promise to thee God will lightly pardon mee for it abide thou there with thy cursed sinnes for sure by mee thou shalt haue none other ayd Chap. CXXI ¶ How Huon departed from Cain and passed the Sea in a Vessell guided by the Diuell who beleeued it had beene Cain and Huon arriued at a Citie called Colanders whereas he found the Admirall of Persia and Barnard his Cozen who had layde siege to the Citie WHen Cain had well vnderstood Huon he said Ah thou false Traytor by whom I am beguiled and mocked thou art not worthy to be beleeued in any thinge that thou sayest thou lyest worse then a Dogge Oh thou false periured Traitour thou hast ill kept thy promise thou art not worthy to bee beleeued Cain quoth Huon other good gettest thou none of mee for thou art not worthie to bee heard when thou hast staine thy deare Brother by false enuie and cursed treason whereof thou art full goe thy way false Traytour too much euill cannot bée done vnto thee bee content with the Tunne that thou art in thou néedest not feare of any refreshing nor of more furthering for mee well hast thou deserued it but within short time thou shalt haue worse paine and sorrow Ah Traytour quoth Cain and false lyer thou hast lost thy part of Paradice Thou lyest quoth Huon vnto thee ought to bee kept neither faith nor promise because thou hast slaine Abell thy Brother wherefore thou art now punished and well hast thou deserued it Ah thou false lier quoth Cain subtilly thou hast deceiued and mocked mee by thy false words and subtilties I see well that thou wilt goe from hence and leaue me still in this paine Certainly quoth Huon that which I promised thee was but to beguile thee for as by mee thou shalt not come out without hee commaund it that set thee heere Well Huon quoth Cain know for certaine that in all thy life thou wert neuer better counsailed for if thou haddest deliuered me out incontinent I would haue strangled thee Ah false Feend quoth Huon yet hast thou no repentaunce of thine euill that thou hast done I will goe my way and thou shalt abide heere still in great pain and torment foreuer therewith Huon departed and tooke the Mall vppon his necke and entred into the little way that Cain had shewed vnto him Now we will leaue speaking of Huon and speake of the Admirall of Persia and of his Armie vppon the Sea Vppon the second day the Tempest ceased and the Sea waxed calme and faire then the shippes drew againe together as it pleased God and arriued at a noble Citie the which was as then in Arme●●● called Colanders a great and a faire Citie but after it was destroyed by the noble Duke Ogyer the Danoyse he went into I●●ia The Admirall and his company greatly complayned for Huon whome they had so lost they thought neuer to sée him more and Barnard his Coozen made such sorrow that great pittie it was to see him the Admirall and all his Lords sore wept and pitifully complayned for Huon they thought neuer to see him agayne but hee that our Lord Iesus Christ will haue saued cannot perish for Huon the same time came downe the Mountaine to come vnto the Port whereas the Vessell lay and the Diuell within it When Huon sawe the Vessell and the Feend within it who was so hideous and horrible to behold that it was maruaile to see hee séemed well to bee the Diuell of Hell his head was as great as an Oxe head his eyes more ●edder then two burning coales his téeth great and long and as rough as a Beare hee cast fire and smoake out of his gorge like a Furnace it was no maruaile though Huon doubted him for when hee sawe him so foule hee had great feare and so lent himselfe to a Rocke the better to behold him and then hee blessed him with the signe of the Crosse recommending himselfe to the sauegard of our Lord God but it fortuned so the same time that the enemie sawe him not Ah good Lord quoth Huon I pray and require thee humbly to counsaile mee in what manner I should trust in this foule Féend who is fearfull so behold I maruaile how I might bee acquainted with him whether I might trust to be in the shippe with him certainly I haue great doubt that hee will cast me into the Sea or else slay mee on the other side of the Sea I wotte not what to doe for I must bee faine to trust him or else